Meningoencephalitis Virus One
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Meningoencephalitis Virus One (MEV-1) is the fictional highly contagious and lethal meningoencephalitic virus that appears in the 2011 film Contagion
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The virus itself is a paramyxovirus that infects both the lungs and the brain, causing hacking coughs and fever and a severe headache, followed by a seizure, brain hemorrhage and ultimately death. With a fast incubation period MEV-1 kills a person within 3–4 days of contracting the virus with symptoms emerging only hours after infection. The virus itself is transmitted via fomite
meaning that it is transferred primarily though contact of surfaces that infected individuals have come into contact with.
In the film the virus is portrayed as being one of the deadliest viruses ever encountered by combining a fast and hard to control form of transmission and fatality rate of 1 in 3. The film itself does not tell the audience an exact number for the amount of deaths attributed to the virus but towards the end of the film a newscaster announces the death toll to be near 26 million globally.
Contagion (film)
Contagion is a 2011 American medical thriller disaster film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Bryan Cranston. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal...
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The virus itself is a paramyxovirus that infects both the lungs and the brain, causing hacking coughs and fever and a severe headache, followed by a seizure, brain hemorrhage and ultimately death. With a fast incubation period MEV-1 kills a person within 3–4 days of contracting the virus with symptoms emerging only hours after infection. The virus itself is transmitted via fomite
Fomite
A fomite is any inanimate object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms and hence transferring them from one individual to another. A fomite can be anything...
meaning that it is transferred primarily though contact of surfaces that infected individuals have come into contact with.
In the film the virus is portrayed as being one of the deadliest viruses ever encountered by combining a fast and hard to control form of transmission and fatality rate of 1 in 3. The film itself does not tell the audience an exact number for the amount of deaths attributed to the virus but towards the end of the film a newscaster announces the death toll to be near 26 million globally.